Jaber al-Bakr was found hanged despite being on suicide watch in his prison cell Landeskriminalamt Sachsen/GettyA Syrian terror suspect arrested in Germany at the weekend committed suicide in custody last night. Jaber al-Bakr was found hanged in his prison cell in the eastern German city of Leipzig despite being on suicide watch. The Saxony state justice ministry said that Mr al-Bakr killed himself at some point in the evening and that the incident was being investigated. Mr al-Bakr, 22, from Damascus, was captured by three fellow Syrians on Sunday night in Leipzig after they saw a social media appeal and realised that he was a wanted terrorist suspect. German media reported last night that Mr…

Source: The Times October 13, 2016 01:41 UTC